LADY STINGING NETTLES.
To the Editor; Sir,—l beg to informjMr. " Bachelor's Button " that my sister Sfrng- ! ing Nettles is a Bright and not unlovely I plant; but touch her, force her, wound} her in any way, and the little 'sharp tongue— half wit, half malice —will dart out 'and r wound you perceptibly-; and.so sbe,deserveW her name, and is truly typified by the somewhat uncomplimentary simil? given (her. The daisy and ivy are not to be desptaqd. They haVe their charms. Thejj may be ijnore ornamental than useful occasionally—pay, perhaps, generally ; but " Bachelor's But- ' ton"« differs .from the ordinary type of masculine humanity very much if he really prefers to ,them that very strong, straight, 'selfreliant botan|ca,J production, " The Sunflower.
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4607, 30 May 1872, Page 3
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120LADY STINGING NETTLES. Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4607, 30 May 1872, Page 3
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